Latin America. Avid announced that Nexis, the industry's first and only software-defined storage platform, designed to save and manage media, is now available. The platform enables fully virtualized storage so that media organizations can adjust the storage capacity of their projects, without disruption to workflows.
Powered by the Avid MediaCentral Platform, Nexis offers unparalleled scalability and flexibility in media storage, plus control for both Avid-based and third-brand workflows. Designed to serve both smaller production teams and larger media companies, Avid Nexis is the only storage platform that has the flexibility to grow with customers at every stage of its business, fulfilling a fundamental principle of Avid Everywhere.
"We're really excited to announce that Avid Nexis is now available. Now, media professionals and creative teams can access and share audiovisual material from anywhere while enjoying the flexibility to adjust capacity as projects require, without interrupting their work," said Dana Ruzicka, vice president and chief product officer, Avid. "Avid Nexis delivers world-class performance, reliability and scalability, regardless of what tools the artist uses."
As a fully open storage platform, Avid Nexis gives video professionals the performance, flexibility, and efficiency of the industry's most powerful storage solution, no matter which editing application they choose to use. In addition to Avid Media Composer and Avid Pro Tools, Avid Nexis can be used with media creation applications from other leading companies, including Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Grass Valley Edius and many others.
Avid NEXIS is the only scalable storage solution that ensures high-priority workflows always have the levels of capacity, performance, and data protection they require. Users can focus on crucial projects and decrease the allocation of resources needed for less critical workflows. This capability allows production teams to react quickly to changes, adjusting performance and protection levels to match the needs of a project, at any stage of the workflow.
Avid Nexis' unique modularity allows teams to combine storage engines and elastically scale capacity from 20TB to over 1.4BB in a single system, with no service interruptions or downtime. All Avid Nexis systems feature the power of the Avid NEXIS file management system | FS, so customers enjoy consistent performance, reliability, and protection, whatever the size of their configuration.
The Avid NEXIS family includes several new search engine options. Each option has been designed to cover any scalability and density requirement:
- Avid NEXIS | E4: Integrated high-density storage engine
- Avid NEXIS | E2: Compact integrated storage engine
- System Director Appliance: Increases Nexis Scalability and Redundancy
- Media Pack: Pack of 10 disk drives with 20 TB or 60 TB storage
- Redundant Controller: Option for High Availability
- Avid NEXIS | PRO: Professional Integrated Storage Engine
As Avid's latest storage solution, Avid NEXIS provides a transition path for current users of Avid ISIS and Avid Unity shared storage solutions.
